- On the fortieth anniversary of the Student Solidarity Committee in Cracow, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland expresses its gratitude and appreciation to its founders and co-workers whose activities served well the cause of freedom and independence of Poland - read the resolution adopted by acclamation by the Speaker of the Sejm.

The resolution recalls that the Committee was established in Cracow on May 15, 1977. Its founders were students of Cracow universities mourning the tragic death of Stanisław Pyjas, a student of Polish Studies at Jagiellonian University, a participant in anti-communist opposition activities and a collaborator of the Workers' Defense Committee. The word "solidarity," understood as the idea of resistance to the totalitarian system, was then used for the first time in the founding declaration. Student Solidarity Committees were later established in other academic centers: Warsaw, Wroclaw, Szczecin, Poznan and Gdansk, and together with other youth opposition circles formed the largest freedom and anti-communist movement in Europe.